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Iran: child detainees subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence in protest crackdown - new research

Children as young as 12 tortured to break their spirit and extract forced confessions Detainees systematically humiliated, including case of boy forced to make chicken noises for half an hour until he...

Israel/OPT: South Korean firm Hyundai must avoid complicity in war crimes in village of Masafer Yatta

Amnesty and Democracy for the Arab World Now documented construction equipment giant’s involvement in five West Bank demolitions last year Letter to company demands halt to involvement in threatened...

Japan: Government attempting to increase detention of asylum-seekers in ‘prison-like’ conditions

Repressive new bill would allow indefinite detention for irregular migrants and people seeking asylum Migrants tell Amnesty of harsh conditions in detention centres, with hunger strikes and people...

Poland: Conviction of abortion activist is 'depressing low' for reproductive rights

Justyna Wydrzyńska sentenced to eight months’ community service for assisting pregnant women in obtaining abortion pills Abortion is subject to a near-total ban in Poland ‘ The case sets a dangerous...

Mozambique/Malawi: Authorities must act to aid victims of record-breaking Storm Freddy

Tropical Cyclone Freddy has been one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere ‘[These countries] are facing the full force of storms intensifying due to global warming' -...

Saudi Arabia: 'callous' execution of Jordanian man for drugs offences condemned

Hussein Abo al-Kheir was subjected to an unfair trial and allegedly tortured - UN recently called for his ‘immediate and unconditional’ release Saudi authorities have already executed 11 people so far...

Global: Protesters increasingly maimed and killed by police misuse of rubber bullets

Greater availability of ‘less-lethal’ weapons has led to rise in the use of force against protesters, with huge increase in eye injuries resulting in blindness There were more than 440 eye injuries...

Northern Ireland: Policing board to review ‘seriously violating’ PSNI practice of strip searching children

PSNI has strip searched children as young as 12 to 14 years old Between 2021 and 2022, 53 strip searches were carried out on children ‘The use of strip searches on children is a serious violation of...

FIFA Congress: letter demands action on Qatar workers' compensation

World football body meets in Rwanda this week with FAs set to demand compensation for migrant workers abused in Qatar Amnesty and Avaaz have handed over more than one million signatures from 190...

Manchester Amnesty group will display ‘No Qatari sportswashing at United!’

Local Amnesty group will display ‘No Qatari sportswashing at United!’ banner during Sunday’s home game against Southampton Manchester United supporters belonging to the local Amnesty International...